Improved reclining-chair



Arana FFICE- GEORGE IIUNZINGER, OF BROOKLYN, NEVYORK.

HVIPROVED RECLINING-CHAIR.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 33,392, dated October 1, 1861.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE I'IUNZINGER, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State New York, have invented, made, and applied to use a certain new and useful Improvement in Portable Reclining-Chairs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of my said invention, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this speciiication, wherein- Figure l is a side elevation of my chair as ready for ordinary use. The red lines represent the parts in a position for the person to recline. Fig. 2 is a plan of the chair in the reclining position. Fig. 3 shows the chair as forming also a table or writing-desk, and Fig. 4 represents the chair as folded up for transportation.

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts.

My said invention consists in a swinging back and connecting bars or hooks combined with a swinging footboard in such a manner that the said hooks when connected to the said foot-board produce an elevation of the same as the back is depressed, or when said hooks are connected to stationary eyes the back is held firmly at the usual position. I alsomake my foot-board answer' as a table by introducing supports beneath the same hinged to the foot-board, so as to allow for elevating the whole foot-board in frontof the person, .and then simultaneously making a level or nearly level table and giving an openingbetween the foot-board and the seat of the chair for a persons legs.

In the drawings, a a are 'the legs ot my chair, put together in an X form, like a campstool, with cross-pieces a', and connected by very strong webbing or other material, as at h h, and the seat of the chair is to be made of heavy canvas or any suitable material that will allow the seat to fold as in a camp-stool.

cis the back united to the legs a by the joints l l, and this back is to be covered or upholstered in any desired manner. side pieces of the back c extend below the joints l 1, and on the legs a a are buttons or latches, as at 2 2, which when placed so as to take the lower ends of the back pieces c c re- The tain them nearly on the line of the X-legs at an inclination suitable for reclining.

IVhen it is desired to retain the back of the chair at the ordinary elevation, I make use of the hooks or connecting side bars CZ d, that when not in use are retained to the back pieces by the eyes 3 3 at one end of Vsaid bars CZ d, while the other end is permaa nently jointed to the side pieces c c of the back. Therefore to use these side bars d in holding the back up I have simply to disconnect them at 3 and hook or connect them to the eyes or attachments 4 4 at the point where the foot-board e is connected to the front of the X-legs. The foot-board e being tted to swing at the point of connection 4, I cause the same to be elevated as the back is pressed down by connecting or hooking the ends of the bars cl CZ to the eyes 5 5 on the sides of the frame of said foot-board e. Thus the foot-board will sustain the feet and legs in consequence of the weight of the body against the back. Y The mode of applying the foot-boardas table or desk is seen in Fig. 3. The back is sustained by the hooks d to the eyes 4, and the whole foot-board is elevated to the posi tion indicated and sustained by buttons or latches 9 9 on the legs a a taking the ends of e, projecting behind the fulcrum or point of attachment 4. The foot-board itself is formed of three parts, the side pieces e e, the cross piece or board e', hingedto e at ti, and the props 7, hinged to the under side of e', so as to sustain the said board e level, or nearly so, to form a table or desk.

Latches or buttons at 8 8 may beprovided to keep the parts c and e e together when used as a foot-board.

My chair is very comfortable, light, strong, durable, can be placed in many positions adapted to either a tired or a sick person, or

can be used for sleeping in, and when about to be transported or put out of the way can be folded up into a small compass, as seen in Fig. 4E.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Iiet ters Patent, is- A,

l. The combination of the X-shaped legs a, swinging back c, swinging foot-board e,

and connecting bar or hook CZ, in the manner In witness WhereoI have hereunto set my and for the purposes specified. Vsignature this 6th day of September, 1861. 2. The props 7, applied to the board e of GEORGE HUNYINGFR the foot-board in the manner specified, to

convert the same into a desk or table when \Vtnesses:

sustained by the buttons orvlatches 9 9, as LEMUEL W.` SERRELL, seb forth. JAMES H. HAROLD. 

